Field observation of edge waves and beach cusps on the south Baltic Sea coast

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 846-860

  Pruszak, Zbigniew ^a   Rózyński, Grzegorz ^a   Szmytkiewicz, Marek ^a   Skaja, Marek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Infragravity waves; Nearshore zone; Rhythmic shoreline forms

Indexed keywords

BEACH CUSP; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL LANDFORM; EDGE WAVE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; WAVELET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 34547225721     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0293.1     Document Type: Article

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